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January 2007 - Posts

Anonymous Access | Pages not rendering properly on 'lists only' anonymous access setting

Scenario: I have created a WSS 3.0 website with all the bells and whistels when it comes to workflow, customized pages etc. Now the client requests that some of these lists be accessible to anonymous users so that they are able to submit some items and Read More
posted 24 January 2007 18:41 by bobthebuilder | 5 Comments
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SD | Limitation with content types

Crappy limitation I have found with SharePoint Designer and workflow: you are unable to instruct the workflow to create a new content type in any list - this would have solved my earlier problem quite nicely if it were able to. All you can do is modify Read More
posted 22 January 2007 16:00 by bobthebuilder | 0 Comments
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MOSS 2007 | "Access Denied" when trying to update a list item with workflow

Problem: When you have created a workflow with SharePoint Designer and it is activated when a user adds / changes and item, you receive and error that states that the workflow stopped because access was denied when trying to update a list item in another Read More
posted 22 January 2007 14:56 by bobthebuilder | 6 Comments
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MOSS 2007 | SharePoint Designer and adding webparts to the dispform.aspx

Interesting obersvation today: When you click 'site settings' from on a list view page in MOSS you will notice that there is no 'edit page' menu item, which makes sense, but there are some of us who like to add webparts to these pages and before this Read More
posted 16 January 2007 15:16 by bobthebuilder | 1 Comments
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MOSS 2007 | Excel Services data refresh hell

Problem: As talked about on http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1104110&SiteID=17 : <-- cut [ When accessing the sheet via Excel Services Web access, it displays properly, but refuses to refresh, errorring with : "Unable Read More
posted 15 January 2007 19:55 by bobthebuilder | 0 Comments
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SPS 2003 | Simple email archiving solution (networked document libraries)

Problem: Client is a bit of a h@ck and wants users to be able to drag emails from their email client into a specified document library for archiving and prosperity purposes. Now the client does NOT want the system to be automated, rather the users need Read More
posted 11 January 2007 16:01 by bobthebuilder | 3 Comments
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MOSS 2007 | Saving a subsite as a template

Problem:Was looking to save a subsite as a template (never did this before in SPS 2003 as I always preferred site definition files) and could not find it anywhere on the 'look and feel' menu - looks like it is only available when you are on the top level Read More
posted 04 January 2007 10:42 by bobthebuilder | 2 Comments
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